Perihelion distance : 2.12 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 18 °
Orbital period : 8.18 years
Eccentricity : 0.48
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2026 Nov 04 23h39 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch
(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)
| Magnitude (MPC m2) | 17.3 | Aperture radius for m2 | 7.2 " | Magnitude band | r | r (dist/Sun) | 2.217 AU | d (dist/Earth) | 1.235 AU | Right ascension | 27.58746 ° | Declination | +17.60646 ° | ADES report |
# version=2022
# observatory
! mpcCode Y87
# submitter
! name J.-G. Bosch
# observers
! name J.-G. Bosch
# measurers
! name J.-G. Bosch
# telescope
! design reflector
! aperture 0.25
! fRatio 4.75
! detector CMO
# software
! astrometry Tycho 13.6
! photometry Tycho 13.6
permID |provID |trkSub |mode|stn |obsTime |ra |dec |rmsRA|rmsDec|rmsFit|astCat |mag |rmsMag|band|photCat |photAp|logSNR|exp |notes|remarks
|P/2018 VN2 | ABC2059| CMO|Y87 |2026-11-04T23:38:49Z |27.58746 |+17.60646 |0.28 |0.29 |0.40 | UCAC4|17.3 |0.17 | Vj| UCAC4| 7.2 |1.58 |1250| K|
|P/2018 VN2 | ABC2059| CMO|Y87 |2026-11-05T00:01:15Z |27.58582 |+17.60237 |0.30 |0.30 |0.42 | UCAC4|17.3 |0.15 | Vj| UCAC4| 7.2 |1.59 |1250| K|
|P/2018 VN2 | ABC2059| CMO|Y87 |2026-11-05T00:24:58Z |27.58409 |+17.59804 |0.31 |0.32 |0.44 | UCAC4|17.4 |0.14 | Vj| UCAC4| 7.2 |1.59 |1250| K| | Instrument type | Newton | Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) | 250 mm | Instrument focale length | 1187.5 mm | Instrument focale/diameter | 4.75 | Camera | Asi 294MM | Sensor | CMOS | Binning | 4x4 | Mount | EQ6-R pro | Picture exposure details | 150x25s | Observatory MPC code | Y87 | Location | Trevinca skies-Amalthea | Reference stars catalog (ast) | UCAC4 | Reference stars catalog (phot) | UCAC4 | Used softwares | Tycho Tracker | Image resize factor | 2 | Resulting picture sampling (scale) | 1.6 "/pix | Observation submission date | 2026 Nov 05 07h35m10s | Observation modification date | 2026 Nov 05 15h54m59s |
(Record n° 32033)